Basket.



G. M. WALKER.

BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s. I9I4.

1 ,272,324. Patented July 9, 1918.

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G. M WALKER. I

BASKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. s, 1914.

l ,272,324. Patented July 9, 1918.

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, IIIIIIIENII IIIIIIIUIIN g substantially semi-circular, and which arethe end margins of the blank to the outer ends of the strips 22, (theinner rims) in order to provide ribbons 24.

Extending transversely of the blank from one side margin to the otherand located onv either side of the transverse median line and disposedbetween the wood-veneer and paper are the bands 25, which serve tostrengthen the sides and bottom at and between the points of suspension.

YIn. formingthe blank into basket shape, the sides 12 and 13 and the twobasket ends 14: and l5 are all folded to stand at an angle relative tothe bottom, the folding lines all being on gradual curves and notangular, in order that the basket body is not weakened at its foldinglines, and said sides and ends incline outwardlyland upwardlyzas in anordinary Haring basket.

' rlhe auxiliary `basket ends Y16, 17, 18 and 19 are then folded tooverlie thebasket ends 14 and 15, the liare of the. basket causing theupper margins of the'auxiliary basket ends to incline upwardly fromtheir inner, attached ends, which are in a plane beneath the uppermargins of the basket sides, to points on each side of the transversemedian line of the basket ends.

These Voverlapped auxiliary basket ends are then secured along their endmargins, preferably by stapling, to the basket ends proper.Y The.ribbons 24C are then folded, along with the ends of the outer rims21,to overlie the upper margins of the basket ends, the ribbons and outerrim ends being drawn to engage the basket body at all points around itsends, so that the rim is free from outstanding portions and serves tobuild up the basket ends to Vparallel the basket sides over the inclinedmargins of the auxiliary basket ends. Y i 1 The ribbons and rim ends arethen stapled to thek basket ends with' their ends overlapped, whichoverlapping is possible, due

'to their having greater length than the auxf iliary basket ends.v

26 designates the basket handles, which are pivotally secured to thebasket at spaced apart points along theupper margins of the basket sidesin line with the bands 25,' by staples 27, one leg only of which staplespasses through the handle and through the outer and inner rims, whileltheother legs of the staples are passed through the inner l and outerrims at points nearer the center of the basket and in planes beneaththe. legs extended-through the handles, in order to truss the pivotalconnection between the handles and basket, and in 'order .that thehandle ends'may swing with respect to the staple legs.

. The ban'olsf'25 are *preferably'.InadeY 0f wood veneer, glued onboth-faces and placed between the paper and wood of the basket body, theglue serving to stifen and strengthen the bands as well as to hold themin place, that is against shifting relative to the'basketbody..r pl v yHaving thus described my invention, what I claimpas new therein anddesire to secure by Letters-'Patent `of the United States therefore, is:

' 1. A basket constructed of a blank made from a single piece of woodveneer, covered with paper s o that the same may bebent into basket formwithout disturbing the wood ber and forming cracks, and com-- prising abottom portion, integral sides and end-portions, said end portions beingformed byslitting the blank, the slits` of each end converging4 towardeach other, overlapping outer rim sectionsA secured to the,- sides andends of thebasket, their ends being secured together, inner end sectionsofv less length thanthe--length of the basket, reinforcing stripsdisposedv i transversely of the `jbasket and secured to the outer-andinner rim seci tions, and handles benty to conform with the ends of thebasket Iand* pivotally securedto the inner and outer rim sectionsandtothe ends of the vreinforcing strips: l'

2. A- baskety constructed of a" blank from a single piece of woodveneer, covered with paper, comprising-'a bottom portion, integralsides'and end portions, ea'chend portion being composedv'oflan4 innerend flap Vmade r and two outer overlying end flaps, the same beingformed Vby slitting'each end.V of the blank with inwardly convergingslits, so thatA wheny the outer flaps are folded over the inner 'endnaps, the inner edges of the outer end flaps will overlie'the'outeredges ofthe inner endfflap, and the ends of the basket may be bentintooutwardly curved form, overlapping rim sections having theirends'secured together and to the sides, and outwardly curvedends,inner'rlmsections' fr om a single piece ofvwood veneer, coveredlwith paper,f so that the same may be bent into basketv formjwithoutdistnrbingfl the wood ber,comprising albottom portion, :inf tegral sidesand ends, each end beingout` wardly Ycurved and formed of aninner flapand two outside overlapping aps,.the inner edgesof the overlapping flapsprojecting beyond thc.` inner edges of the innerflaps, overlappingyouter rim'v sectionsl secured to the sides and outwardly' curved ends ofthe i basket, inner reinforcing strips of less length than the length ofthe basket, transverse reinforcing strips disposed between the Woodveneer and paper, and a pair of handles Ibent to conform to theoutwardly In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to thisspeoiiication, in presence f two 10 subscribing Witnesses.

GAINES M. WALKER.

curved ends of the basket, pivotally secured Witnesses: to the inner andouter rims and reinforcing EDWARD E. LANGAN, strips. E. L. WALLACE.

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